Instead of dodging it Maia caught it in its flight. To her, catching knives was easy, it was her forte weapon. Arrows was another situation however. She studied the knife carefully but realized it was too old to be used. She tucked the handle into her jacket and threw the rusted blade into the sea

~ "Oops, it seems I've said too much! Well it's alright, its just a tall tale anyway. Call me again and at the signal, I'll tell you an even stranger tale..." ~

((W-wait, so let us make this clear, suddenly I am the captain of the Devil's Secret? I thought Shadeslayer was.
If everyone utterly wants me to be captain, then I can do that, though I woud really rather not. My character, Helbrecht, joined because he wanted to kill, maim and burn, attain power. Leading a pirate-crew was never one of his objectives.
Though, I could handwave it by saying that Helbrecht killed the earlier captain and took over, because said captain was too cowardish, didn't properly try to fight other pirates.))

Johnny poked a hole into the barrel and tilted it over the edge; a thick black liquid poured out, covering the water where the mermaid swam before tossing the entire barrel in.
"Everyone chill out, I got this" he stated, then tossed in a lantern, igniting the oil, and with it the mermaid.